Tour to Muang On Cave

Go to the charming Muang On Cave and run through peaceful moment in the cave, Muang On Caves are filled with picturesque white stalagmites and stalagmites.

About impressive totally different to visit and do, attempt to fit in your journey a visit to Muang On Cave system in the Chiang Mai area. This cave system is a fascinating place to find.

Muang on Cave is located in San kamphaengapproximately 30km east of Chiangmai close to the San Kam Paeng hot spring. The road leading to Muang-On Cave goes up the side of a hill to a small park. You can find several seller selling food and gifts here and there is plenty of shaded seating available. If you do not have a water bottle, it is a good idea to grab a cold drink here as it can be a hot climb.

The road that leads to the canister zigzag its high the side of a hill to a little car park. From the auto park you need to scale a lofty Naga Serpent stair, around 180 stages, before coming to the gateway to the hole. The extra fee is 30THB and it goes towards the running of the sanctum structure. Watch that the lights have been exchanged on before plunging into some big natural cavernous.

Set just off direction 1317, the way in is via a perpendicular, precipitous, steep Naga-flanked stairway running to halfway up the hill, lined with trees house to colonies of monkeys. Exploring the cavity is not for the nervous, as the rock openings are tight and stairs are lank, but it’s well worth the endeavor for the natural splendor in spite of a lack of Western-style safety features. A powerful torch or even a headlamp is one of the best ways to find into the gloomy corners and small passageways.

Muang On cave's walls are sleek and rounded in the form of the swirling pools of water that formed them. Here and there a small stalactite drop from the roof and an infrequent petrified river of shining diamond like taint on the wall. The sheer pathway continues to the sap floor that is lambent by mysterious pools of smooth light from florescent tubes that prepare lights all along the way. just about halfway down to the vault floor is a peculiar group of 2 foothing sculpture resting on a huge natural shelf. Four of these are old men and one takes the weird form of a cow's head on a human body.

The meandering concrete pathway all along the hole floor allows you to stroll along till you finally reach the end of the cave. As you trek inside, you'll visit several little shrines or grottoes all along the furrow that have been erected over the decades. Another thing to watch out for is the unbelievable stalactite and stalagmite formations. As you get to the central hole ground, you will come across a huge, 30-foot long reclining Lord buddha statues in the midst of the stalactites. Above the sculpture is what, according to legend, is a fossilised dinosaur skeleton!

Leading up from this place is a erect staircase of 187 steps. At the top lies a big circular 'sala' with brilliant views of the surrounding countryside. Just above this is the entry to the cavity.

The right way to go to Muang On Cave

Move out of Chiangmai across Nawarrat Bridge and go along Charernmuang Road. Go directly ahead when you reach the superhighway and continue on past the silverware, lacquerware, textiles and carving factories through Sankampang - Bor sang parasol otop village and take a right at the sign for Muang On Cave in Mae On district. A tour to Muang On Cave is an extraordinary day journey particularly if joined with a visit to the San Kam Pang hot Springs, and visits to the many handwork focuses and industrial facilities spotted from the beginning Sankamphaeng Road.